Independent film and television producers Sarah Teale and Sian Edwards have been in partnership since 2000. Teale-Edwards Productions, LLC has built a reputation as a cutting edge entertainment and investigative documentary production company. Their shows were nominated for 6 Emmys in 2007 and won 3 Emmys in 2008.

Their award-winning productions have aired on A&E, AMC, Court TV, Food Network, HBO, PBS, the BBC and Channel 4 (UK). Their recent productions include the documentary films Dealing Dogs (Emmy nominated for Best Investigative Documentary) and Hacking Democracy (Emmy nominated for Best Investigative Documentary) for HBO; the lifestyle series Everyday Italian (winner of 3 Emmys including Outstanding Lifestyle Program) for Food Network and the The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity (Official Selection at The Tribeca Film Festival) for National Geographic.

Teale-Edwards have also provided production services to leading world networks. Their many clients include Channel 4's Da Ali G Show and 100 Greatest series, ITV's So Graham Norton, and the BBC's Absolutely Fabulous in New York.

Sarah Teale, Partner/Producer

Sarah Teale founded Teale Productions in 1988 after working at PBS for six
years. She went into partnership with Sian Edwards in 2000 and has produced
films for HBO, AMC, A&E, PBS, Court TV, Channel 4 and the BBC.

Sarah has produced a number of films for HBO. For HBO America Undercover
Sarah produced Dealing Dogs, an intense look at the world of an undercover
animal rights activist; Bellevue: Inside Out, a year inside the locked
psychiatric wards at Bellevue Hospital; and Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case For
Reasonable Doubt?, an investigation into the highly controversial
case of a black journalist on death row. Mumia Abu Jamal was also produced
for Channel 4 (UK) and received a Cable Ace Award nomination.

For HBO Documentary Films Presents, Sarah and her business partner Sian
Edwards produced Hacking Democracy, a high-profile film investigating
electronic voting machine fraud. Sarah has also produced Death on a Factory
Farm, an investigative documentary exposing conditions at factory farms across
the country, for HBO Documentary Films.

Among other films, Sarah has also produced a documentary on the playwright
Sam Shepard, Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself, for BBC Bookmark and PBS Great
Performances. This documentary won the Gold Plaque Award at the Intercom
International Competition, the Gold Camera Award at the US International
Film & Video Festival, and the Gold Telly Award. Sarah also produced Horst
P. Horst: Sixty Years & Still in Vogue for the BBC and A&E.

Sian Edwards, Partner/Producer

Sian Edwards has produced a wide range of topical, factual, entertainment
and investigative programming.

For Food Network, Sian executive produced Everyday Italian with Giada De
Laurentiis and Good Deal with Dave Lieberman. She also executive produced
the Food Network's first original web series; Eat This with Dave Lieberman,
which went on to become Dave Does. Her entertainment programming also
includes producing the BBC's live Millennium Broadcast with Dame Edna from
Times Square and developing and producing the movie review show Flicks
for Channel 4 (UK).

Sian's documentary work includes executive producing and directing a two
hour special for A&E entitled MillionHeirs exploring the lives of
Americas richest children and executive producing the explosive film
Hacking Democracy for HBO Documentary Films Presents with her business
partner Sarah Teale. She was also the producer and co-director of the
Official Tribeca Film Festival selection, The Dalai Lama: Peace and
Prosperity for National Geographic.

For UK television, Sian has also produced the comedy documentary Star Wars or
Bust for Channel 4 and assistant produced the BBC films Smallpox 2002:
Silent Weapon and The Oklahoma Bomber.

Sian's production service work includes, overseeing the U.S. production for HBO/Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, Channel 4's So Graham Norton in NY, and the BBC's Absolutely Fabulous. Her work as a production manager included A&E's Role Reversal, BBC's Jamie Oliver's Christmas Special, The Leslie Garrett Show, Music Live with Lou Reed and the UK number one music video Another Chance for Roger Sanchez.

Sian has an MFA from Columbia University Film School and worked in feature
film production for Woody Allen before partnering with Sarah Teale in 2000 to form
Teale-Edwards Productions.